Juele Hortie

Juele infuses life essence in to every art piece that she creates. Her art depicts surprising alliances amongst  plants, animals and people. She employs a realist style, while her diligently detailed and colourful characters are oftentimes engaged in playful and dreamlike scenarios. The Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia is her home. Juele is wholeheartedly enamoured with the scenery and lifestyle of living in the Maritimes and hiking the diverse land and seascapes near to her. She enjoys seasonally foraging for mushrooms and wild edibles. It is the act of witnessing the beauty, complexity and interconnectedness of nature that inspires her artistic process. She hopes to transmute her love of wildlife on to the canvas. Through her art, Juele emphasizes emotional states and  storytelling. Her pictures portray a vibrant and intricate world- a world where all living beings are equally essential to life.